The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-30
PACIFIC n. n. lNvEsT1aATIoN.
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Norwood, Of Georgia, appeared before III,
Pacific Railroad Commission this morniny
to explain vouchers for csnsldefabl,
amounta in possession Of the Central Pa
cldc railroad which showed him to have
received theae amounts for services, n,
Senator Norwood said that he never did
anything for the Central Pacific railroad
but was engaged az counsel for the South.
ern Pacific. 1n, 1887 he had left the Sen.
ate and entered upon hls, law practice Ii
Savannah, and received word that bis
services were wanted In Washington He
went there and met Mr. Huntington, with
whom be made o contract, to act as coun.
sel Tor the Southern Pacific railroad and
advance Its interests in tho South or
against Governor scott's Texas Pacific
railroad, 5|5i@&6TI'Ssitf !" 'el1isSS1s
Witness produced contract drawn by
Mr.. Huntington which provided for the
payment to Mr.. Norwood for his services
at the rate Of $4,000 yearly with allow.
ance fore1penses. he alwsys made hiH
bills against the Southern Pacific Railroad
and drew receipts In favor OF the Central
Pacific. 5S.iE6lN5sf 57T.i" ,111""i"
Mr. Norwood said he know OF no act Of
wrong on the part Of the Southern Pacific
or its officers, unless 1t was the act Of plac.
ing these charges on the books OF the Cen
trail Pacific. a Flts5}IllI II.S'II6 ~ s1t
z Mr.. Cohen said be was glad ths. Mr..
Norwood had made this criticism. for he
had no doubt that when the charges were
made there was contract by which tho
Central Pacific was receiving the earnings
OF the Southern Pacific aud paying its eI.
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Col: John Q. ReiiI, Of the firm OF Wooe.
rishoqer & Co., bankers and brokers. Of
this city, was next called to the stand. He
knew nothing about the matters OF the
Central Pacific Railroad, but did know
considerable concerning tho Kansas Pa
cslic and the Union Pacific Railroad spo.
ctal agent of the former company from
1864 10 1874. GIa. llE %5FY'11'i.. b -
Colonel Reitf said be would like It un-
derstood that he was present as an unwill.
ing witness, as he had already suffered
considerably from the money power that
controls the roads concerning which he
was called to testify. Asked what power
he referred 10, he said: II suppose Mr..
Gould. He is the boss, - sig'il3ss
\, The wilness first attacked tho consolids-
tion Of the Kansas Pacific with the Union
Pacific. He said the latter road had not
lived up to the act Of 1854 with references
to full paid stocks and had acquired
great power by leaning paper which cost
them nothing. This enormous power
they had used to bankrupt the Kansas
Pacific and ipjure the Colonel and his
friends. SinceIMr. Gould had gone into the
company the Gould methods are doing
Just exactly ss they wanted to and relying
Oh the sabserviency Of public officers and
courts under tho plea Of vested rjpbts-
tits too late" The Union Pacific has,
during this entire investigation, been cry
Ing out that they were cramped by tho &C.
tion OF Congress, but they have not been
80 greatly cramped for they have practi-
cally built up their branch lines sincs the
passage Of the Thurman act, liga.5l9